This study assesses the overall impact on credit of the financial regulatory reforms in Europe, Japan, and the United States. Long-term cost estimates are provided for Basel III capital and liquidity requirements, derivatives reforms, and higher taxes and fees. Overall, average lending rates in...

Developments in knowledge concerning the toxicology and occurrence of dietary arsenic suggest that levels of exposure in some groups of the population within the EU are a cause for concern. This applies also in the case of individual Member States where local regulatory limits exist. The...

Eine Reihe von Lebensmittelskandalen der jüngeren Vergangenheit hat gezeigt, dass fehlgeleitete ökonomische Anreize eine bedeutsame Risikoquelle sind. Der Normappell des Gesetzes reicht augenscheinlich nicht bei allen Lebensmittelunternehmern aus, um sie von gewinnträchtigen Verstößen gegen...